Wrestling’s Mad Dog Maurice Vachon (1986) - the fifth estate
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- Опубліковано 5 кві 2015
- Back in 1986, Maurice Mad Dog Vachon was the king of professional wrestling -13,000 appearances. the fifth estate goes inside the artifice of professional wrestling - from blows cushioned out of the view of fans. But in a business built on theatrics, Vachon became an outsider because he really did inflict pain on opponents and even referees. Eric Malling follows Vachon to the working class neighbours of Montreal that were a hotbed of future professional wrestlers. Vachon retired shortly after his fifth estate profile and just one year later, he would have his leg amputated after a hit and run accident. He died in his sleep in 2013 at the age of 84 and remains a wrestling legend.
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he was one of a kind. RIP Mad Dog.
A true Canadian legend. One of the first wrestlers I watched on tv. RIP Mad Dog
He was one of our greatest athlete in Canada
Saw either MadDog or Butcher Vachon at a live event in the 1970's in the Carolina's when the IWA was in town. Asked him for an autograph and got an angry growl and a "get outta here kid" The Greg gagne shoot with Jim Cornette on the Mad Dog airplane incident is must watch!
My favorite wrestler of all time. My mom took me to the matches every time
My favorite wrestler of all time.
He was my favorite wrestler as a kid and now I better understand why
he has a very friendly smile :)
How can you not love this
In his earlier years Maurice was vicious, but in his later years he was more like a Cookie Monster...
A cookie monster? Hmm... that's a first. But, even in the last year's of his career, cookie monster or not...he was STILL a monster!
(Bless his heart)!!!
i drove for the WWF 88-91, and had to pick Mr Vachon from the Airport and take him to the office and then back again the next day. It was an interesting few hours i wlll never forget.
Donkey lips that was hilarious but duster71 come on then don't stop there what's the craziest thing you saw or heard?
Cool story bro
88-91? How is that possible? Mad Dog stopped working for Vince in 85, and in 87 he lost a leg and couldn't wrestle anymore. 😂
I watched him in AWA many good memories.❤
Wow!! Can you hear what the guy in the crowd is yelling at Tony Atlas at the very beginning???
Today the whole show would be about that. Definitely a different time.
Only because people such as yourself actually go along with the charade.
"Wow!!" It is every other word out of every other one's mouth.
This could have been a nice segment about Mad Dog Vachon, a Canadian Olympian and real success story. Instead it became more of an insulting, snarky hit piece against professional wrestling and, more importantly, wrestling fans.
Harker Dirge well said. I love mad dog but I had to turn this off in 3 minutes.
I guess they wanted to "keep it real". Rest In Peace, Mad Dog!
I don't agree. It showed what the wrestlers did and how the fans reacted. The fans are 10x worse than the wrestlers because they perceive that what they are observing is reality when it's not.
Totally agree. I watched the entire video and Mad Dog kept it real and I honestly felt those last couple questions/comments the interviewer made was really pissing Mad Dog off to the point Mad Dog was about to chew his fingers!!! And to a previous comment about it not being "reality" a. Your not a true wrestling fan and b. Until the early 90's it was more reality than now!!!
Couple minutes in and I feel the same unfortunately.
I’m proud to say he was given his first push at a tournament sponsored by Labatt’s at my local arena in Sudbury.
I have seen Mad Dog in action in Minnesota, and the dude is definitely wild.
the only wrestler who opened an airplane door which resulted in an emergency landing....Cochon Vachon
Listening to Greg Gagne tell that story is what made me click on this which was a suggested video in the sidebar. I recommend anyone to go hear it, it is one of the most funny and riveting stories you will ever hear about Mad Dog.
@@justgojustdoit3363 I heard Greg Gagne tell that story to Jim Cornette. That story is an absolute BLAST! I love it!!! Especially the part when Maddog is hanging out of the back door of the Plane, and saying:"It's so peaceful out here"!
I literally WISH that I could have been there, and seen that. That was amazing!!! What a story!!!!!
Whadda family! RIP luna, mad dog. Gone but never forgotten
I loved Mad Dog..I grew up in Montreal in the late 60s and 70s.
Used to love going to Paul sauve arena and old Montreal forum and watching Mad Dog and his brother Paul and the other greats of the time.
Joe and paul leduc, Don leo Jonathan, giant jean ferere(andre the giant) Eduard Carpantier, and so many more .
The best days of wrestling.
PS .. sorry for spelling mistakes, been a while.
When you try to compare what we see in the current WWE Product, with what we USED to see, in the Wrestling Rings, especially if "The Maddog" was Wrestling...
There's no real comparison. The older Wrestling RULES!!!
@@ronaldshank7589 Oh I couldn't agree more! Those were the days when men were MEN!!!
Dr.D David Shultz needed to make an appearance.
I would love Dr d Schultz come across that pompous cbc reporter.
He was in San Francisco at the time looking for a woman.
@@johnasbury3856 he couldn't find no woman.....
This is great
This was an interesting look at Maurice Vachon
Great stuff
He was verry good in the commonwealth games
The way he lost his smile when saying that he bit fingers off many times and kept staring at the interview guy, I moved a bit away from the screen, just in case :D
Mad dog forever!!!!!🇨🇦🇺🇸
Mad dog. He's a crazy guy. He's my hero
That look he can give...
Even in his 50's you can just see how intimidating he was when talking about biting a man's finger off, no one in the business dared to try it with the Mad Dog.
Mad Dog was a great. You just couldn't leave him unsupervised on a airplane.
lol,i've heard that story!
Just listening to it now...eeks...LOL...Go Canada!
😂😂..Yeah that was one funniest stories I ever heard about that plane ride😂
@@Kayfabe-226 I've never knew much about the man unfortunately but I sure do now.. Lol...
Very cool video. The reporter wasn’t being a jerk, he was doing his job, and the line between kayfabe and reality is a strange one. Lots of marks commenting it seems...
The funniest thing that I ever saw, in my life, happened when we went to a wrestling match featuring the Vachon brothers. It was at the Sports arena in LA where the Lakers use to play in 1969 or 1970. Mad Dog was on the spron while his brother was in the ring. My friend "Crazy Carl" says to me and my friend Eddie, "watch this". He gets out of his seat and goes down to the ring and gets as close as he can get to Mad Dog. He starts yelling at him (Carl had a loud booming voice) "Hey Mad Dog, F*** You Mad Dog". He keeps yelling at him for a few minutes. Mad Dog ignores him at first but finally turns around to see who is yelling at him. You expected at this point Mad Dog would just turn back around and ignore him. But instead he leaps off the ring right at Carl. Carl starts running back up the isle with Mad Dog in hot pursuit. As Carl passes us he yells "can't stop now, gotta go". Carl then runs out of the tunnel with Mad Dog still chasing him. The match continues without Mad Dog. Now the match is over and still Mad Dog and Carl haven't returned. Eddie and I leave and go out to the parking lot (Carl was our ride). No Carl, no car. We had to walk home, which was over ten miles. We didn't have enough money for a cab and it was before cell phones. The next day we saw Carl and asked what happened? He said Mad Dog chased him into the parking lot and he (Carl) jumped into his car and drove home.
Current Tony Atlas let alone then would have rocked that hillbilly's world 😂 lucky for him he can feel tough in the crowd.
These wrestling fans really don't realize that its nothing but a show, sport entertainment.
Quite interesting
Tv was giving up kayfabe in 1986? Surprises me. Mad Dog was a legit badass
What did the fan at 0:38 say??
The good old days
Governor Jesse was great I don’t care what anybody says he broke down barriers and gave us money back
car accidents did a lot of damage to the Vachon family....R.I.P.
One of the toughest men in the buisness.
Mad Dog #1
As Doctor X once said to Maurice Vachon, "Give em the knee, Dog."
Jesse ventura said vachon was super stiff as a shoot
The brothers Mad Doug and The Butcher Vachon. Never be another Mad Dog.
vachon yé sick
Damn mad dog was good looking guy back in the day could of been a baby face if he kept that up
Lol Kitty!!!!
Lol, spot moondog??
0:36 crazy that MAGA bros existed even back then
Ya but they'll be gone soon.
Besides, all they're daughters are grade A freaks! Its a decent trade off, 18 year olds do -everything- now, and all of em have daddy issues. Its a hellava time to be a decent looking 30 year old.
whats even sadder is theyre smarter than you are
@@Jeremy_the_unfallible_n-a only took a year for you to come up with that zinger; I’m scared of what you’ll think of by 2023
Mad Dog standing there in -10° weather with a Members Only jacket on...
Its minus 25 today and i only wear a Jacket , canadian are use to cold weather .
@@calom4823 And, like a typical Canadian, you missed the point.
Mad Dod vs Bruiser Brody
aw yeah keeping kayfabe in place lol
0:35
Are we all just going to ignore the bike guy dropping 2 N bombs on a television broadcast?
There's plenty of comments about it already, so nobody is ignoring it. Can't read? 🙄
he did blade .
duh.
Richard Collier not always
Kayfabe
The Real McCoy
👍👍
Damn the guy at :34 seconds doenst seem to like mr atlas yikes...TONY WOULD SMUSH THAT DUDE
Mad Dog ! My hero . Except when he teamed up with that no good bum ,Verne Gagne . Which the Dog pronounced Gon-yee .
I saw Mad Dog rassle many times during the late 60's and 70's. What I remember about him beside resembling a fire plug is that he always looked like 5 miles of bad road! He must've had a tough tough life.
0:36
Did I hear that correctly?
Yes you did
Back when they tried to protect the business. Love it! The journalist was a bit of a prick. He probably told his 3 year old about Santa and the Easter Bunny instead of letting them enjoy the illusion.
It wasnt an illusion watch vader matches or hansen vs backlund its very real
Loved the guy at 0:38.. 🤭🤣
Stud
I hope bone of that crowd ever had children ... Lowest common denominator morons
I genuinely hate the host of this segment. Why are you covering a person if you’re just going to mock his line of work?
Back then it was expected from "serious" TV programs to mock pro wrestling, it's sad but I'm not shocked at all.
I know, but it still makes me so mad and frustrated. @@jonathanturbide2232
I LOVED THE HILLBILLY HE SAYS WHAT EVERYONE ELSE THINKS BUT DOES NOT HAVE THE GUTS TO SAY.
I can’t believe that guy just screamed the N-word in a public venue.
ned hall it’s what a lot of Republicans wanted to call Obama during his term. And it isn’t nationbuilder.
11:58 to 12:40 KAYFABE
Jason Kessler no strongbow is shooting
0:38 He can't be saying that!